Controlling the message

What the Obama administration apparently fails to realize is that its feud with Fox News benefits only one side: Fox News. Making war on the media is rarely a good idea, or does the name Richard Nixon mean nothing? No other media organization is going to take the administration’s side, nor should it. Trying to shape the message is one thing; trying to control it — as the Obama people apparently would like to do — is something else entirely and perilous to a democracy.